Once, while staring at his nine words on the screen, he thought of those small lead weights used for fishing, sinker weights.
An otherwise healthy 13-year-old Japanese boy presented with reduced central vision in his left eye, 3 days after suffering a blunt trauma from being hit by a fishing sinker.
The agency will, however, seek comment on the merit of a ban on lead fishing sinkers.
Also, embedding fishing sinkers in the right spot helps to increase the hook.
Bismuth's density also makes it a non-toxic lead replacement in fishing sinkers.
At least in "You & Me," when one voice asks a question, if only about fishing sinkers, another is there to attempt discussion of the matter.
(It has said it will consider a ban on lead fishing sinkers, which would be welcome, but that is not going nearly far enough).
Waterfowl, such as geese and loons, sometimes ingest lead-based fishing sinkers and lead shot, and raptors may prey on lead-contaminated rodents.
In the Northeast, where loon protection dates to the 1970's, the population seems to be stable or even increasing in places like the Adirondacks, despite threats from acid rain, mercury, lead fishing sinkers and shoreline development.
Baldasaro was testifying against a bill to prohibit the use of lead fishing sinkers in New Hampshire.
For example, it can replace lead as a dense material in fishing sinkers.
